Preview of Alignment Across States

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Preview of Alignment Across States

• To be presented at the CCSSO Summer Leadership
  Conference
• Boulder, Colorado
• July 31, 2006
• J. H. Kennedy
• Maine Department of Education

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NAEP Scores vs. NCTM Standards

• Single Grade State Standards
• 4th Grade Mathematics California, Delaware,
  Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan,
  Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
  North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode
  Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
• 8th Grade Mathematics Alabama, Delaware, Iowa,
  Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, New
  Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
  Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
• 8th Grade Science California, Florida, Maine,
  Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North
  Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin

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Maine Learning Results

• The Maine Learning Results identify the knowledge
  and skills essential to prepare Maine students
  for work, for higher education, for citizenship,
  and for personal fulfillment. Strongly supported
  by the public, the Learning Results are built on
  the premises that
• All students should aspire to high levels of
  learning
• Achievement should be assessed in a variety of
  ways and
• Completion of public school should have a common
  meaning throughout the state.
• The Learning Results present standards within
  four grade spans Pre-K to 2, 3 to 4, 5 to 8
  (Intermediate), and 9-12 (Secondary).
• Cognitive dimensions are imbedded within content
  descriptions.

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GRADE SPANS
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Drilling Down into the Strands
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NCTM MLR Geometric Concepts
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NCTM - MLR Measurement
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NCTM (2000) Geometry strand Analyze
characteristics and properties of two- and
three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop
mathematics arguments about geometric
relationships

• Precisely describe, classify, and understand
  relationships among types of two- and
  three-dimensional objects using their defining
  properties
• Understand relationships among the angles, side
  lengths, perimeters, areas, and volumes of
  similar objects
• Create and critique inductive and deductive
  arguments concerning geometric ideas and
  relationships, such as congruence, similarity,
  and the Pythagorean relationship

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MLR Geometry (1997)

• Compare, classify, and draw two dimensional
  shapes and three-dimensional figures
• Apply geometric properties to represent and solve
  real-life problems involving regular and
  irregular shapes
• Use a coordinate system to define and locate
  position
• Use the appropriate geometric tools and
  measurements to draw and construct two and three
  dimensional figures

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Contact Information

• J. H. Kennedy, Maine Department of Education
• 23 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333
• 207-624-6636 (john.kennedy_at_maine.gov)
• Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
• 207-287-5881 (www.mmsa.org)